Washington Coastal Resilience Project Objective 2 Update
By Lili Bastian, Marc Hershman Marine Policy Fellow at the Washington State Department of EcologyIn June, Washington Sea Grant’s Ian Miller gave an introduction to the first objective of the Washington Coastal Resilience Project (WCRP): developing and communicating...Engaging Stakeholders for Actionable Science: One New Member’s Unfinished Business
My decision to join the CHRN is a matter of “unfinished business.” I was a glaciologist with NASA for my entire career, based at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and conducting research on the dynamics of ice sheets, both using a variety of...Communicating Probabilities for More Informed Decisions About Sea Level Rise
By Ian Miller, Washington Sea GrantA few months ago Washington Sea Grant’s Paul Dye put together a blog post for the CHRN describing the conceptual underpinnings of the Washington Coastal Resilience Project (WCRP). Now that the WCRP is a bit more than a year...North Cove: The Erosion of a Coastal Community
By Kevin Decker, Washington Sea GrantAt the northern shore of Willapa Bay in southwest Washington lies the community of North Cove. Currently, there is a battle going on between the residents of North Cove and the erosion that threatens their homes. These satellite...Informing the Next Generation of Strategies for Enhancing Coast-Wide Resilience
By Bobbak Talebi, Coastal Planner, Washington State Department of EcologyAt the Department of Ecology, we have been working in partnership (with many CHRN members) to support community-led initiatives that build resilience to the physical, social, and economic...Alternative Coastal Adaptation Strategies Under Uncertainty – A Case Study in Grays Harbor County, WA
By Janan Evans-Wilent, Marine Resource Management Master’s student at Oregon State University Many coastal communities are facing hard decisions and tradeoffs about how to protect their coastlines while planning for the realities of climate change, particularly...Risk Assessment: A Step Toward Resilience
By Ann Schnitz, Environmental Toxicologist at Baldwin Consulting Group Risk assessment, whether it be ecological or human health, considers the impacts of toxic constituents on people and the environment. It evaluates which receptors are affected via the potential...2017 Northwest Climate Conference
The 8th Annual Northwest Climate Conference will be held this October in Tacoma, Washington! Each year, the Northwest Climate Conference is a highly-anticipated opportunity to share and learn with others working on climate-related issues in the Pacific Northwest, and...Climate change is our fault. But when should we say so?
By Michael Levkowitz, Assistant Coastal Planner, Washington State Department of Ecology I know that human actions are the primary driver of climate change. I am about as confident in the fact that humans are causing climate change as I am in the fact that smoking...Coastal Hazards Resilience Events Calendar
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23
Wahkiakum County Marine Resources Committee meeting
December 23 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm